Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmad Hajjar visited the General Directorate of Local Administrations and Councils this morning. He met with Acting Director General Faten Abu Hassan, heads of departments and divisions, and employees, and listened to their demands and the directorate's administrative and logistical needs.

Hajjar praised "the role played by the directorate, with all its departments, in maintaining diligent and active work, and maintaining the administration as a reference for municipalities in developing and strengthening municipal work, especially as we are entering an electoral phase, upon which the Lebanese are counting to exercise their right to choose their representatives in municipal and mayoral councils."

Hajjar stressed "the need to monitor citizens' affairs and transactions," noting that "the administration will undergo modernization and development to facilitate their affairs."